OK, this is the situation.
I've developed a 4 user system (there will never be more than 4 users) and delivered it to one of the uses running on a full license of Alpha Five V7.
I understand the many issues with potential problems in data sync and would like to know what your thoughts are on the most appropriate way of sharing the system between the four users.
They are running a simple peer to peer network through a router and one switch with no server in sight and no intention for the forseeable future of investing in one.
I have NO experience with the Alpha Runtime and, unless necessary, see no real reason to rework the system into a web interface to run it off the Alpha Web Server.
Even if I did do that, you need to keep in mind here that this is a simple network (three systems cable connected and one wirelessly) so one machine, which does other work besides, would have to also serve the web data to the other three and the best system onsite is currently a P4 2.5 GHz with 512mb of memory.
I'd briefly entertained wild thoughts of establishing a shared Access database which would be read to and from on record insertion/edits but discarded it for the obvious reasons.
I'd even considered a 'web query' type solution where information written to the database would be updated in real time to an online MySQL store and, well, then I woke up...
:o)
Thoughts would be appreciated here, but please keep in mind that I know absolutely nothing of the Runtime/network solutions offered by Alpha.
FYI the system is used to generate quotes and track mortgage enquiries for property sale, purchase and remortgage, so we will never be talking vast amounts of data to throw around.
I've developed a 4 user system (there will never be more than 4 users) and delivered it to one of the uses running on a full license of Alpha Five V7.
I understand the many issues with potential problems in data sync and would like to know what your thoughts are on the most appropriate way of sharing the system between the four users.
They are running a simple peer to peer network through a router and one switch with no server in sight and no intention for the forseeable future of investing in one.
I have NO experience with the Alpha Runtime and, unless necessary, see no real reason to rework the system into a web interface to run it off the Alpha Web Server.
Even if I did do that, you need to keep in mind here that this is a simple network (three systems cable connected and one wirelessly) so one machine, which does other work besides, would have to also serve the web data to the other three and the best system onsite is currently a P4 2.5 GHz with 512mb of memory.
I'd briefly entertained wild thoughts of establishing a shared Access database which would be read to and from on record insertion/edits but discarded it for the obvious reasons.
I'd even considered a 'web query' type solution where information written to the database would be updated in real time to an online MySQL store and, well, then I woke up...
:o)
Thoughts would be appreciated here, but please keep in mind that I know absolutely nothing of the Runtime/network solutions offered by Alpha.
FYI the system is used to generate quotes and track mortgage enquiries for property sale, purchase and remortgage, so we will never be talking vast amounts of data to throw around.
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